diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
index 1d7489ca3..d484ce309 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector implements SolrConnector {
 
     @Override
     public long getSize() {
-        return Math.max(this.metadataCache.size(), this.connector.getSize() + this.docBuffer.size());
+        return Math.max(this.metadataCache.size(), this.connector.getSize());
     }
 
     @Override